The Illustrated Hafiz - A Selection of Ghazals from his Divan

THE ILLUSTRATED HAFIZ A Selection of Ghazals from his Divan Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Illustrations by Dale Hickey Hafiz of Shiraz in Persia (1320-1392) is the undisputed Master of the form of the ghazal, perhaps the oldest and most difficult and most beautiful and spiritual form of poetry that has ever existed. Although the poets of the ghazal may appear to many as open-minded, drunken, outcast lovers, it does not necessarily mean that they all drank the juice of the grape... f...